Plasma met-enkephalin and catecholamine changes during the menstrual cycle and pain episode in menstrual migraine

Functional Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 69-75

  Figuerola, María De Lourdes ^a,b   Levin, Gloria ^a   Leston, Jorge ^b   Barontini, Maria ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; estradiol; menstrual migraine; met enkephalin; progesterone

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ESTRADIOL; METENKEPHALIN; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIGRAINE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; CATECHOLAMINES; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PAIN; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0030974454     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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